This study explores the relationship between political stability, government effectiveness and corruption on stock market performance using the panel VECM model for South Asian countries from 1989-2015. In order to determine, the directional relationship, the Granger Causality test is being...

section 1. The politics of policy research in developing countries -- section 2. Food insecurity and political military conflict nexus -- section 3. Sustainable access to safe drinking water -- section 4. Civil-military unrest in South Asia : reflections -- section 5. Environmental and social...

The paper examines whether the Arab Spring phenomenon was predictable by complete elimination in the dispersion of core demands for better governance, more jobs and stable consumer prices. A methodological innovation of the Generalized Methods of Moments is employed to assess the feasibility and...

This article reviews the use of the concept of political instability in economic research, the importance of which has been growing in recent years due to its potentially profound economic consequences. The article explores this concept by working through the definitions, dimensions, and methods...